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IVES NOT INDICTED.
His Connection with tho Mineral Range
Rond LnRlllmntn.

Nrw YorE, Dec 23.-Thc grand jury today
considered the charges made amihst Henry
s. Ives and Charles A. staynor Several
witnesses gave testimony regarding the allie
cations that Ives aud staynor unlawiully dis
posed of securities 81 the Mineral Range
Railroad company while acting ~ officers of
that corporation. Ives former bookkccpcr
was present, with the cash book and ledger,
containing entries Of the transactions which
Lawyer Cass' clients claim were irregular
Ives was accorded the privilege Of appearing
IN his own behalf, and did 20, accompanied
by his counsel. The grand jury was
dismissed this afternoon without having
found an Indictment against lycsor staynor.
Afcr the grand jury adjourned, Assistant
District Attorney Davis said the Inquiry into
the Ives aud -iaynor rCnsc was most thorough.
They went into the whole history Of Ives
connection with the Mineral Range Railroad
company, and decided not 10 find an indict.
mont by an almost unanimous vote. Three
or four favored finding indictments, leaving
about twenty opposed TO such a
course Ives was subjected 10 search
ing examination. IN his statement he
said that ho come into possession
OF the road by buying all the shares and pay.
Ing Tor them az the rate of ~ cents ON the
dollar. lie set about organizing the corpora.
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Nav Yurr, p,r. 1la-Jamg NH.r puI
estate dealer, HHHu' seventy YEARS u'I. uHH
found IyIuF d"ld i'I.. morning uu tlr u.uT
~ h.a homo un WDt Sixteenth street De-.
s.l. Dim lHy hia wife. unconscious und diving
on bDr Hrr nud head were Hy,cul rI.hH.
lt isa auppu.rl thr couple wcrr attacked aud
beaten by robbers Tho discovery ula made
hyu lltlrr uulur Whp knocked at th,f
duur about b o'clock IT, received TY Hr.
HH.. HH' lUu n lHhYul breathing lum
within ii"f ,IuH 10 hIm tD thIuL rHm,fb u'
Nls uuUr lin nIl,l policeman. WHO
broke iIr Iupr urlI. The furniture k..hu
Uf"u.'l" HUd ru.sty Wru luuluu uHi Co.,
fragments siIUNn over che nuUr 1luuWIt
m.uiH uru uu iIr ground Iluur 1uI % window
up,uIuF uu thr yHr was up,u hr Miller
vus ssiI iu hu wealthy llisuIfH tbou.. .H.
hu.H uF. hHH HHru insane COR thU UIHt .UII
She VHs token ir ilr hospital,
Miller uul h.. wife wore lrIrl luuHH.Hs.
iu their rlUm#. hy ihr family living uu UIH
floor above tu.m l..t Wrlu.. .itH Afternoon.
! lnum thHi time uuUl tbT morning uutl.Hf
bad been apru ur heard Uf them Miller Nu,
fully dr, sri HuI H.ru hIa IrH. lUy Hu over
turned rHsv rlH.a The police NOW believe
that iIr rI.r WHs uIt ono Uf murder or fuH.
berry. hUi tlut IIu H.l man died uI heart H.#
tHso, in hi| rhIir and irll from b.. knocking
The chair 1ul ib" stove down iu h.s nI'
There WprH uu injuries uu hiH body except 70
confusion boo iHu IHrk Ul thr head thBf b. uuI
thought sufficient foo pluaH death. 90 b. aHu.
posed that Me-. M.IHr who WHa but ono
year younger than hrr husband. Wss tuu
wclksmiui,i iu notify iHr nrlFuhus u' hur
hushlnd's death. HUI tIlt her weak luI rN.
hauHiri condition b. luu ~ starvation. la
che wHg unable iY procure or cook food .u"
herself Tier husband was accustomed Co du
OIL the marketing cooking and other house
hold work Tho UIl couple held little conn.
mUuiglti0n with their uU.Fhhum.
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MnrI,rnrn Innni.i.

HAmrAN, n. s., Dee "a special from
North Sydney says "For month, past the
greatest dissatisfaction has prevailed on the
Cape Breton railway, Hundreds Of work.
men have not been paid lor nearly three
months. The government has placed the
road In the hands nf the surrtips ul Sims 4
Slater, the contractors. Mr Sherwood Who
is here acting Tor the urctics, addressed q
llugc gathering yesterday, lie charged Sims
with rccklcssncss aud incompctru,y, and
pledged himself to lipuidatc every dollar oi
the indebtedness Mr. Sims, ia reply. ad,
mltcd hc had not "a dollar IN the contract,
and stated that when the contract va, signed
it was expressly understood that q number
uf prominent politiciuuyin this country W,r
to have third interest IN b.. Tie denounced
them us 'huodlcs, whose only object W.,
tn appropriate money furnished 10y the gov.
eminent
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orand ImmInrn,Ion s,heme.

81 Lpuls, No, Dec. 2j--lt Is announced
at VI risp, Tex. that the Mexican govern.
mcnt has granted extraordinary concessions
to real estate company. to induce immigu.
ton 60 eleven States ~ Mexico. The com.
puv hIa obtained title 10 hi.u1. 900 acres Of
land in chihuahua. sinalpn. durango. Znctc.
rlH lHnaulius Vera cruz Michnycau,
Gnl.icD aud Guerrero. aud propose 90 cstab.
li.h agencies in all the leading cities Of
Europe md America The government has
granted exemption from taxation aud duty
t' all settlers 90 thcs, tracts, aud insurCs
proper protection
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Special Dispatch o. the Appeal
AurHDEES, Miss, Dec. 2B--A few day ago
Condor Bros, milruld contractors here, had
a horse aud mule stolen. Today Henry
Coffee. colored, who had been missing since
the stock wis taken. wis arrested at West
Point with them lir j. now in iail there.
hut will nt once bc brought here Tor trial.
Coffee ia a tough customer llc was tried
here % f1w years ngD Tor murder and was ac.
quilted. but all the circumstance pointed 10
h.s guilt
The cotton receipts 20 date arc nearly %,
OlJ bales We arc having q cold east rain.
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tion, and his first step was 10 make Ives &
Co. its financial agents, which was entirely
proper. lie next undertook To increase the
terminal facilities, and among the things
necessary to obtain this was ilc purchase of
the Hancock a Canada metal oad. lie had
also 20 build other lines and purchase vast
amount of rolling stock. 10 do this he was
obliged TO issue additional stock and bonds,
Tho by laws of the corporation provided for
such proceeding. lie accordingly issued
the stock, which hc disposed Of at a premium,
There was nothing in Ives books to show
that the transactions hadn been cntircly
legitimate, hence the grand jury's refusal to
inhirl him
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has, 10 enable them to reach conclusions for
themselves. Both were members of the
postOtlice committee of the Forty-eighth
Congress, when the subject was studied cX-
haustivcly. Five members of the present
committee were members of the Forty-ninth
Congress, which reported postal telegraph
bill, but didn't repeat the extensive invcsti
cation made by its predecessors, Senator
Sawyer is non-committal respecting his own
present predictions. lie supported the
bills reported by the Forty eighth and Forty
ninth Congresses, which looked 10 the estab-
lishment of postal telegraph system, but
with the cooperation of private corpora
tiOns.
THE CHURCH AND STATE.
The God-in-theconstitution advocates have
| organized with agents To visit colleges and
| other institutions of learning, 10 set forth
! their views, in hopes of recruiting from the
| young students. Probably no more worth
| less use OF time could be easily devised by
reputable people. The object OF the associa.
tion isas follows: "To maintain existing chris
tian features in the American governments;
| to promote needed reforms in the actions
| OF the government, touching the Sabbath,
! the institution Of the family, the religious
element in education, the oath; and public
morality rs affected by the liquor traffic, and
other kindred evils; and to secure such an
|
States ms will declare the nations allegiance
TO Jesus Christ, and 10 place all the christian
laws, institutions aud usagcs OF our govern
| mcnt on an undeniable legal basis in the fun
damenial laws Of the landn The middle
ages afforded no boldcr assumption Of the
supremacy Of the church over the state.
| The drift is fortunately the other way. These
| national reiormcrs are men who have cs-
! capped all influence of hereditary, and can
not comprehend the age they live in. Argu-
ment in such cases is useless The quiet ad.
vance Of the ages settles all such questions.
There is an accumulating common sense OF
mankind that bCa us safely along toward
broader tolcmtion, and justice 10 men of all
views. distinctly and aggressive rclig.
iOus government can, however, be found in
Utah, and in Turkey, and in Russia. Mex.
leo is not far from am ideal IN this respect
Most Of the South American republics kecr
God IN the constitution; but there Is tho
devil 10 pay in government and society most
| OF the time.
PENSIONS GRANTED YESTERDAY.
Tho following pensions have been granted
In Tennessee for Mexican war services
Catherine, widow Of John Jackson, Thorn
lone, Alexandria Original pensions
florence J. Linton. Albert Linton, Nashville
Mississippi-For Mexican war services
Victoria g., widow of William b. Watson
Batcsyillr.
Arkansas-For Mexican war services
Thomas II. Adams, Joncsboruugh; Alonzl
II. Kent, Hot Springs; John Matthews
Odcn. Original pensions. Hardin ID. Good
man, Supply. Increased pensions jefferson
Bradley, Little Rock; George w. Lcggctt
Green Forest.
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lWI'uriruA, Dec. .l#uy,r i,uUl men
employed hy the Philadelphia 4 Recalling
lu.Irnai company con- their lines running
from West Falls to rou Ni.hwouI DllI
wllnu either a iuIumu, ,Ull uuil.n
or freight handlers quit work tII.H ailuuuu
at i"n O'Clock The action wuH Dwrl boy
% tuu uI uuu.uniDu mun tp du iHr
wuTl which union mon bad employed. Ili
Who hIl been discharged col. movement
will hr communicated 90 100 tlr HmHHg, H'
tIn rulI. Yui r.uur.l strike 600 III fHu Iiu..
uf tHH company mHE hu th' uHuIi Trouble
BE- anticipated ur H'rWl day. HuI be IH
probable ilHt iIH uulIDr Iuuu U.lI D.. u.
tanned 90 protect thn lwpUiy ul ''H "u.
fHHUN.
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nrn,h IN ihr IiniI.

QvNCY III, Dec. D.'"An OCvidcnt 90
Cured 10 the fast train on the Chicago, Bur
lincton & Quincy road yesterday A switch
engine runs the train from the Quincy depot
mp to the "N, where the regular engine
takes il across the river. The switch engine
Jumped the track at the fork OF the "N 10
pitching down the omhankm,ut One oi
The slccpcrs was dCmicd but did not go over
the cmuiukmcnt Mono oi the passenger,
were injured beyond few bruises. 4. g.
Alien, the fireman, was caught between the
tondcr and cab and crushed to death His
home is In Gacsburg The engineer, Gcoryc
Heath, was badly bruised, hut not ,criously
injured \ brakeman va, slightly hurt by
jumping from the train when the accident
occurred
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Ver, eI,rewd oombIne.

Pusntng, IA. Dec. %, The result of this
tochllod investigation that isgoIng onat pres.
ont will be- general choppnR on of heads
at the meeting of The board II directors, Jan.
uhfy ~ nid q riiisburg Lake Erie rail.
road official today. "fho Lake Shore road
is now debating what IL wants a. the Lake
Efio people, and In a very short time the
Lake Eric road will be-, Ia reality, q branch
OF the former II " the intention, at a very
near date, ~ change the whole ticket system
Of the Lake Eic lif u ever had onc), and
make II the famc ~ the Lake Shore. This u
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TENSIONS GRANTED YESTERDAY,
tnp,,nI Notes.

The Secretary of the Treasury has dcsig-
mated the First National bank Of Shreveport,
La, to be depository Of public moneys.
Tho following fourth class postmastcrs
have been appointed: In Tcnncsscc-E. VI.
Bells, Claybrook, Madison county. In
ArkauWs-Emil Holden, Lorcy, Marion
county.
Congressman Gucnthcr is preparing n hill,
which he will introduce In the House, call
ing for the appointment OF q committee Ol
three 20 investigate the Standard oil mo-
nopoly.
Secretary Whitney has Informed Mr.. W.
II II. smith, chief clerk Of the bureau of
steam engineering, that his services NJ chief
clerk will not be needed after January l..
Mr.. smith has been la the navy department
tMenlN Ncnr..
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Not 40 scrIous as was Thought.

Cmc,Go, H., Dec. 23,--fhc accident on
the Minnesota & Northwestern railroad to
day was not a serious ono. The first dis
patch from SYCAMORE III, said that the
train which left here at 10 O'Clock u. m had
been dcnilcd and burned, and number Of
passengers had pcrishcd. General Supcrin-
trndcnt Russell lett here with wrCckinE
train, and soon after reaching German Val
ley, Wis, near where the accident occurred,
tclcgrnphcd the general agent that the facts
had been exaggerated. The train had been
dcnilcd and three passengers wor slightly
injured, Trains ON the road are running ~
usual,
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His Condi,io, Lat Nigbi.

AtHtsY. n. v, Dec. - Mr. Manning's
condition shows no chans tonight except
that he j. somewhat weakrr Ills vitality Is
remarkable. llo may mf va several days
but u would not surpr those who have
watched the case II he .a.uld die without
Mlrnlmu
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Newspap.r engages.

FTF0lhI UT7THT'H W Ihl AUU1I-
HELENA, Ark, Dec. y. -NrChlrlos Moore,
Of Kansas City, No, has Ilr,ha'cd The In
rrc't Of y. ". Higgins M q Helena u,,ty
ntobf, which was started ..ut 70 month aEp.
Messrs. Moore and Mcvcy vii conduct ho
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why they arc taking stock and counting the
tickets they A0yc on hand. so far ~ the in
vcstigators have got in their work they have
discovered nothing crooked ON the books,
and II is not at all likely that they will,
There is not the least doubt hut this thing
will have the effect Of showing out number
of people and the vacant places will De filed
by men from the Lake Shore
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Ih. IissI ,an.e.

NV Nors Dee 1l.Hlho officials here ~
The Reading rad refuse to give amy Iuiumn.
ton about lho threatened NJ iko. Tho latest
trouble is at llINboihpuu, whore the men
refused ~ pat Recalling c1ll on Coke
Brothers bO1is because The latter are L,higi
valley operators. The general manager has
given orders that iho boats must BE- loaded
Or thc men will bo al diHrhurgui Immediately.
4 report says that not wheel will be-
running on the Reading road tomorrow
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nnnimn.,rr slrlrLInnh nenh

Special Dispatch 10 ihe Appeal
ilrLryA, Ans, Dec D-Rllimlricr A J..
Strickland. oi lho Arkansas Midland wHl,
died this morning. at l.s residence, Of puru
m0uia tlc lHl l,,u 10 bat three DAY. The
deceased loat,f widow aud thtyc children
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\ AS the season is here when we always
clear out our remnants, we have select
ed the above days, when we will have
measured and marked all the remnants
we have in every line of goods we car
ry, such as black and coiored dress
goods, cassimeres, fiannels, calicoes
ginghams, shirtings, muslin, sheeting,
toweling, ticking, table linen, white
goods, Hamburg edge, Brussels and in
grain carpets dc.
Now isyour time for bargains as these
goods must be closed oat in two days if
they only bring half what they cost, so
come early and get the best selections.
EMMERT & FIERY.
p. s. Any one intending to commence
housekeeping this Spring will do well
to take advantage Of these bargains, al
so to examine our stock OF carpets. mus.
lin, sheeting, ticking &c, as we have
some great bargains to show you.
E & f.
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TIE M. c. Band Concert at the Cen
trail Opera House next Tuesday night,
will te enjoyable. We give the pro-
gram:
PART /. ysd veHg 8gs
Overture "NabucodnosOr" Verdi
Selection from Opera "Nanon". .Genee
Clarinet Solo "2nd Air Varia". Klose
BY Prof. f. Luscomb.
Waltz Trinity College,. :. Missued
Picc0lo Solo "Tuftle Dove" Damarre
BY w. Kogleschatz. gr
Sorenauo. Schubert
4sl2A e PART II.
Overture "Le Pirate". 800. Luscomb
Selection from Opera "Trovoturs''
Verdi
Euphonium Solo Rocked in the cradle
of the Deep. :. Robinson
BY Mr.. G.. M. H0ks.
Waltz my Dream. ~. Waldtenfel
Solo Tho Pretty Birds"
--Christophe
BY Mr.. L. G.. Mathaei.
Govotte "Stephanie'. ...... .Czibulka
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"Take the bull by the hornsn Is an
old adage, but you take DIR. Bulls
Cough Syrup By the teaspoonful. A
few drops for child. One bottle will
save the lives OF family. For coughs,
colds, bronchitis, ETC., it Is excellent
and safe.
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Don't you know that SMALL q 90
IAN furnish Doors, Frames and Doors.
Window Frames. Sssh and Shutters,
Brackets and Balustrades--sawed or turn.
ed-mouldings Of ali kinds. Slate roof.
ing done to order, from $500 per square
and upwards. Call on them at the ed
planning mill, foot of Maple Avenue, near
b. Il o. Freight Depot.
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The Best.

THE -. $. $. az $. coarse kip and calf
boots for Farmers Mechanics and Rail
Road men, are the BEST goods made in
this country. FOR The prices. AS a proof of
our sincerity in what we say, we are Pied
geds 70 replace, with q new pair any we
recommend that are NOT good.
GErTINGER a. HOKR.
Queen Street.
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FL. FL. FL.
Herring's Happy Hit.

A DOLLAR FOR so CENTS.
500 White Dress Shirts, three-ply Linen
Blossoms, reinforced front and back, Dwight
Anchor muslin, worth 121S OTIS. per yard.
and every shirt warranted a perfect tit.
ALL FoE 80 CENTS. -
at q. p. HERRING 4 cos. wide-awake
Cash Bargain Store.
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Patent Ear MULES.

Patent Ear MULES.
An elegant, complete and convenient
protection for the . RS. and very cheap. .
GRTTINGEK and HOKE'S
Head quarters for boots, shoes, hms.
caps and trunks.
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BUSINESS LOCALS.


"A Living Prott!----------A Living Prott.i
- LIVING PROFI tn -
DON'T be deceived, we must live and pay
expenses.
OUR SHOE DEPARTMENT,
Ladies' Box Toe Pebble shoes, only 81. %
Warranted all leather, 150
g Spring styles, new ents, /" 200
High Button Boots, g 2.25
g French Kid, Silk Lined, :. 800
This shoe sells for s4. 90 elsewhere.
Cbild's Button Shoes down to 40 cts.
Spring Heels, worth 500 /" To-
Mems Solid Leather Saoes, 8 $3.50 6
New Spring Styles, only 1.2J 9
Boys Stylish Spring Shoes 1.25 $
Don't fall to examine our free Library.
New Books arriving. They are for YOU.
We give them to you without any charge.
Ask for your BOOK checks
c. p. HERRING & co.'s.
Wide-awake Cash
Bargain Store,
Cor. Queen and Martin streets.
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The most reliable family medicine, DIR.
JIG. Caihouns, Anti Dyspeptic Vegetable
compound Cathartic Pills, sold by A. N.
GILBERT.
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BsrkAart q c;

BssrleAart d Co.
Call especial attention to their large stock
Of CHRISTMAS GOODS = mot
be surpassed for beauty and cheapness.
Public Square.
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WANTED. Seven dwellings for parties
who wish to purchase. J. H. BRISTOR.
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ovE7COATS'


oVIR.CoATS!l
Messrs. Thompson 4 Tabler were greatly
surprised rs they entered their store the other
morning. Investigation proved that it came
from the remnant Of their large stock of
winter OvERCOATS. Bending closely ov-
or the pile, their ears were greeted by the
first words Of that popular song chow can
lsave thee" Well show you how remark
ed Thompson 4 Tabler, as they grabbed the
price-tags and marked the prices down just
2b per cent. The OVERCOATS are too
much 'strred up now to engage in vocal
demonstrations, but Thompson 4 Tabl II are
continuously humniDg.
We see our ulsters go round the bend,
Goodby, our ulsters, good by,
They are all filed with satisfied men,
Goodsy, our ulstsrs, goodby.
There may bea little fiction in this state
ment but the plain facts remain that Thomp-
20 h Tabler Is closing out the rem hinder Of
their winter stock OF Overcoau awful cheap.
Goods Sold at Money Saving Prices
Goods sold at money reaching prices.
Goods sold At peo pie pleasing prices
Goods sold at unearthly low prices
Are you with us this month.
THOMPSON & TABLER,
Genteei Clothiers.
Homrich's Old Stand, No. 81, Queen St
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FOR Building Material and Slate Roof
ing, call on SMALL d CO., at old sash
Factory. alOtf
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LOTS
Building Lots for sale. Enquire OF
g. w. WISNER.
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CHILDRENS KNEE PANTS SUITS,

The like was never seen in this communi-
ty before. 1t is astonishing how they can
be made for the following prices. OF course
they can be had at all times Strike while
they last very good suit for Sl.25. An
eye opener for ST. so. Special bargain suit
for $500 To see our $3.50 suit you are
sure to buy Our fine grade OF goods are all
marked down to ROCK BOTTOM PRICES.
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TRUNKS AND VALISEs.

We are the leaders In these goods
Another invoice OF those wonderful bargain
Trunks and valises have just been received.
@"E17 ~ n ru0v
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As Fancy localities the weiOve. -woHpswoHrH
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-10-27
NO. 43.


A correspondent of an eastern paper
points out the fact that at Lucerne, in
the southern part of this state, high
range of thermometer-h puts it at 1l6
can be endured even by the workers in
the field without great deal of inconven-
ience. He attributes the fact to the move
ment of the coast winds, and the cool
nights which tend so much 10 recupcra-
ton. This condition of the atmosphere is
not peculiar to Luccrne and southern Cali
fornia. 1t is common also to central and
n part of upper California. j is well
established fact that in this state 90 dccs
Of heat does not cause "A great deal Of
personal discomfort. Ii can be- endured
much more easily than 16 deGs. at the
east. The higher range with us is not
attended with wilted collars, nor crushed
wristbands, except in the case of violent
exertion. The reason is not exclusively
the prevalence of coast winds. but the
dryness of the atmosphere. The heat
absorbed by the system at once radiates
i'll all directions. At the cas-, in cons,s-
quence of the greater moisture Of the
atmosphere, the heat is reta. ed. Call
fornians have been known to fee prccipi-
lately from New York with a thor
mometrical range of from 20 90 so dcgs..
though 10 degs. more would not render
them uncomfortable in the southern
country, or the Sacramento or SAN
joaquin valleys. The radiation outward
of the heat is also supposed 20 account
for the absence of sunstroke. and of rabies
among dogs.--San Francisco Bulletin.